Word: toughs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mitchell's owlish demeanor and mild manner mask a wrought-iron will. Democrats were impressed by his tough televised responses to Ronald Reagan on the Iran-contra scandal and his unblinking stare-down of Oliver North during hearings on that sordid affair. They were also swayed by the $12.4 million he raised as director of the 1986 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, when the party recaptured control of the Senate...
...moving back into show business. In 1981 he started Geffen Records under an arrangement in which Warner Communications financed the fledgling company and distributed its products. As Geffen launched his second career, his colleagues noticed a difference. Says Mo Ostin, chairman of Warner Bros. Records: "David is still incredibly tough and ambitious, but he softened considerably after the cancer scare. He's far more concerned about people than in his previous incarnation." Before long, Geffen signed up the likes of Elton John, Peter Gabriel and John Lennon and Yoko Ono. He branched into theatrical ventures, co-producing Cats, which still...
With 35 seconds left to play Harvard coach John Dooley pulled Tri-Captain Jen White from the goal and added an extra forward, but UNH hung tough to contain the Crimson and pull...
...more sensitive, feminine side, Gunn performs with finese. Her seduction sequences with Nick are provocative. Her voice almost purrs and she does not merely walk, she saunters. At the end of the play, when she is left all alone, Martha reveals the tenderness that has remained hidden behind her tough exterior for most of the rest of the play. Gunn capably exposes Martha's major weakness, her deep love for George...
Regarding tough statements he made about the Soviet Union in his first news conference as president in 1981, Reagan said in exasperation, "That was four leaders back before this one. I think there have been some changes." He had said in 1981 that the Soviets reserved the right to "lie and cheat and do anything else to achieve their ends." Since then, three Soviet leaders have died--Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko...